Results 1-10 of 10 for solar power speaker:Tommy Broughan

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (25 Apr 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 22. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the national policy of his Department regarding solar arrays, solar power and the contribution such power may make to sustainable energy generation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16263/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (25 Apr 2018)

Tommy Broughan: We have all noticed over the past year or two a major number of planning applications for solar power arrays, particularly in counties Wicklow and Limerick and in Fingal in north County Dublin. What is the current level of proposed solar array power generation? How does the Minister see it fitting into the renewable energy strategy? He announced photovoltaic, PV, grants for households in...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (17 Apr 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 1178. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the level of energy being produced each day from renewable sources; his targets for wind and solar generated power by 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15756/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Renewable Energy Generation Targets (24 Oct 2013)

Tommy Broughan: ...areas of priority identified by his Department in developing the renewable energy sector here; the targets set by his Department for the proportion of Ireland's energy stock to be provided by wind power, tidal power, solar power and bio-fuels respectively in 2016; the level of progress achieved by his Department to date in meeting these targets since the Government entered into office; and...

Electricity Regulation (Amendment) (Eirgrid) Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed). (1 May 2008)

Tommy Broughan: ...I hope the Minister will keep a careful eye on this situation with a particular focus on increasing the quantity of electricity from renewable sources in the system. Until recently, only 330 MW of power could transfer from North to South and 100 MW in the other direction. In the last Dáil, the Minister and I often raised the importance of strengthening the grid in the Border region,...

Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) (15 Nov 2006)

Tommy Broughan: ...industry, including interconnectors and anything else that would help its development and counter intermittency of supply. We also discussed other issues with the companies present, including wave power. In warm countries such as Spain and Israel solar generation stations are being developed to make the most of their long hours of intense sunshine. The Israeli energy Minister seems to...

Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Instruction to Committee (Resumed) (18 Oct 2006)

Tommy Broughan: ...concerns regarding other amendments which I will raise later this afternoon. The general scope of the new amendments is encapsulated in the changes to the Long Title of the Bill regarding the power of Bord Gáis Éireann to raise capital stock, the increase in the statutory borrowing limit of Bord na Móna, the rehabilitation of mine sites and the safeguarding of the status of works...

Green Paper on Energy: Statements. (10 Oct 2006)

Tommy Broughan: ...level institutions, seems tiny. The target for the period 2006-13 is €3.8 billion. The Minister might have examined the global allocation for energy research and development. He launched the Power of One campaign to highlight energy efficiency but we are still awaiting the energy conservation plan. Will he indicate when it will be published? It is disappointing that no measures have...

Energy Sector: Motion. (9 May 2006)

Tommy Broughan: ...%. Although our total energy demand has soared since the late 1990s, the actual contribution of renewable energy technologies to the overall fuel mix has remained static at a negligible 2.2%. Wind power was responsible for 0.4%, biomass, 1.4%, landfill gas and other biogas, 0.2%, solar, 0.0019% and geothermal, 0.0003% of Ireland's overall fuel mix. When looking at the record of the...

Energy Sector: Motion. (9 May 2006)

Tommy Broughan: ...Ireland's ranking in the long-term index is especially disappointing because this index reflects unexploited resources of a state and Ireland has very significant sources of untapped wind and wave power. This indicates that the mechanisms in place to facilitate the development of renewable resources are simply not in place to allow greater investment in the renewables sector. Spain and the...